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Echocardiography in Cardiac Surgery

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Echocardiography is a widely used non-invasive imaging modality, which provides real time dynamic information on cardiac structures of interest. Transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE) is remarkable for its superior image quality and has served the cardiac surgeons in perioperative setting since 1980s. Its initial role was monitoring of left ventricular (LV) function, which over time has expanded to encompass the complex assessment of the anatomy and function of all heart chambers, valves and the great vessels [1]. Introduction of real time three dimensional (3D) echocardiography has made a revolutionised the history of echocardiography by transforming it into a highly competitive and comprehensive imaging modality.

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  1. Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK

    Prakash P. Punjabi MBBS, MS, MChir, FCCP, FRCS CTh

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Punjabi, P.P., Valuckiene, Z., Nihoyannopoulos, P. (2015). Echocardiography in Cardiac Surgery. In: Essentials of Operative Cardiac Surgery. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09906-4_1

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